JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<a id=mylink href='https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-29.0.1-SSL&os=win&lang=en-US'>Test</a>
JavaScript
$("#mylink")[0].click();
<a id=mylink href='https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-29.0.1-SSL&os=win&lang=en-US'>Test</a>
$("#mylink")[0].click();